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Another post that actually loaded for me: http://homotopytypetheory.org/2013/06/20/the-hott-book/ http://homotopytypetheory.org/2013/06/20/the-hott-book/ [inci
by jere 13y ago
Another post that actually loaded for me: http://homotopytypetheory.org/2013/06/20/the-hott-book/ http://homotopytypetheory.org/2013/06/20/the-hott-book/
[incidentally, it's the official post announcing the book]
- jacoblyles 13y agoI like this blog post better. It goes more into the radical innovation (for academia) of the authors' process: "But more importantly, the spirit of collaboration that pervaded our group at the Institute for Advanced Study was truly amazing. We did not fragment. We talked, shared ideas, explained things to each other, and completely forgot who did what (so much in fact that we had to put some effort into reconstruction of history lest it be forgotten forever). The result was a substantial increase in productivity. There is a lesson to be learned here (...), namely that mathematicians benefit from being a little less possessive about their ideas and results. I know, I know, academic careers depend on proper credit being given and so on, but really those are just the idiosyncrasies of our time. If we can get mathematicians to share half-baked ideas, not to worry who contributed what to a paper, or even who the authors are, then we will reach a new and unimagined level of productivity. Progress is not made by those who break rules." "Truly open research habitats cannot be obstructed by copyright, profit-grabbing publishers, patents, commercial secrets, and funding schemes that are based on faulty achievement metrics. Unfortunately we are all caught up in a system which suffers from all of these evils. But we made a small step in the right direction by making the book source code freely available under a permissive Creative Commons license. Anyone can take the book and modify it, send us improvements and corrections, translate it, or even sell it without giving us any money. (If you twitched a little bit when you read that sentence then the system has gotten to you.)" (borrowing the google cache link from below: https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?strip=1&q=cache:http%3A%2F%2Fmath.andrej.com%2F2013%2F06%2F20%2Fthe-hott-book%2F https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?strip=1&q=cach...)
- tunesmith 13y agoThe gender balance in the picture really struck me.
- newnewnew 13y agoThe IAS is sexist
- VladRussian2 13y agoand racist. And if my subjective impression is true, there are some other biases as well. Basically this picture looks like our University math department 25 years ago, may be add a few more very old professors. to the parent - by now, man, you probably know that a lot of people with downvoting karma here do lack a sense of humor and/or have very low tolerance for sarcasm. The main impact of XML innovation on human civilization is the ability to use <sarcasm> in an environment like this to at least minimize the wrath of the former group. Nothing though can help with the latter.
- pseut 13y agoI have a sense of humor and high tolerance for sarcasm, and didn't downvote. But look at the long thread of sibling & niece/nephew comments to yours. Do you really think that the parent's comment led to any further useful discussion?
- obviouslygreen 13y agoIs there some sort of evidence behind this statement or is it just the usual "x is sexist/racist/ageist/etc." based on a photo and the assumption that there's some sort of agenda behind selection when there's any sort of clear majority that's male and/or white? I'm asking honestly because I can't tell any more.
- danbruc 13y agoMost likely the statement was not meant to be taken to seriously but falls a bit short of being funny.